My little grandson, who is painting a canvas I bought him for Christmas.
'Nana, the elephant is grey, and you don't have grey in your paint box', he said.
He is marvelling at the grey paint, having mixed a splodge of white and black!
I wish I had taken a photo of him at the wonderment on his face when he made this amazing discovery that you can mix colours together to get whatever colour you want!
But he is still looking as though he can't quite believe what happened.
After that, I showed him the magic of mixing dark blue with white to get a light blue for the sky. Blue and yellow to get different shades of green. He just loved the mixing on a plastic lid part. In fact he seemed to have as much fun experimenting with mixing different colours as he did painting with them.
(I have to confess that I was rather proud that as he had just had his 5th birthday 2 days before Christmas, at how careful, and painstakingly he painted his very first printed picture. Not a bit like his dad and uncle - who at the same age were sploshing on paint with great gusto!)
In the photo above we have dried the paint with an air dryer, and he is just putting the finishing touches to the tree - he wanted red cherries on it, so is drawing them freehand with a felt tip pen!
Definitely a mixed media artist in the making
I thought I would join in on the fun blog hop which is What's on your workdesk Wednesday.
23 comments:
Do you know what? That is the best ever WOYWW x It really touched me, seeing this little lad discovering the beauty of making his own colours for his own work of art x Really touched me x Love it! x Leigh x
So cute. :) Definitely artist in the making! :)
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Maggie
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So much concentration and he did a fantastic job! Definitely best to get them started young.
Hugs
Brenda 83
Thanks for visiting my desk!
I am so glad you love Singapore. Now the weather is cooler and with lots of rain. I had a wet Christmas and New Year. Hope you can visit us again.
Looks like your grandson is a budding artist.
XOXO, Moy Yin #14
How lovely Lottie, thanks for sharing those moments with us. Definately a budding artist in the making, and so neat. What a joy. Thanks for visiting my blog and your lovely comment. Hugs x ChrisB
the wonder of paint mixing and a very talented chap love the story his wonderment is sure to continue. Happy New Year XOXO Zoe
what a fabulous Grandma (or Nan or Nanny or whatever) you are - Grandmas are there to make memories and you certainly are doing so
Must be a Norfolk thing - i'm from Norfolk as well and my kids have the best grandma as well x
What a work of art Lottie. You definitely have an artist in the making there. It's magic when they discover something like colour mixing isn't it. It still fascinates my DD and she's 9!!!!!
Enjoy every minute with your beautiful Grandson. Thanks for sharing this precious moment.
Hugs Lisa (108)
what a lovely photo of your grandson discovering the powerful mixing of colours..one to treasure I think Lottie.and he is so neat. My sons take after me and are messy.. I have got my kids paintings all hung up in the conservatory on a washing line as I think its so important to value childs art..my youngest who is now 6yrs loves mixing colours but usually black with everything...you have to make the most of them liking painting with you now before they move on to nintendos and lego when they are not interested anymore..
He is so cute, and I was just thinking that he had coloured it so carefully for one so young.
Linbyx #109
Delightful Lottie he's so cute!
ohhh. how sweet :-)
he is very good at it.
no mess so far lol
Your workdesk definitely has the best thing on it-a happy creative child!
This is such a lovely post ..to have captured that moment he discovered the wonderful world of colour.
Sandra #66
aaww bless him - must be wonderful to share your joy of art with him.
He is so talented for one so young...what an amazing discovery, that new colours can be created!!!!!!!!!
Sue xx 50
If he was ay my workdesk, I'd stay all day, just for the chance to behave like a kid again - in the best way! What a gorgeous child! =)
I can think of no better 'thing' to have at my desk than a grandchild embracing crafts. Well done granny for inspiring him and allowing him to use your stash!
Tertia 122
Awww - what a sweet artist, hard at work. You know he'll treasure these times with you when he gets older.
How sweet, "a little guy" on your desk. He looks like he is concentrating on getting it all just to his liking. Would loved to see his face as he learned somethig new and wonderful. #95
What a fantastic "desk shot." Your grandson, full of wonderment, is destined to a life of mixing colors and finding the the magic in art. You have a great artist in the making and so good of you to document this "careful" drawing. Happy WOYWW on Thursday from #16.
Thats awesome, I just love it when kids and grandkids are allowed to join in all the fun and discoveries. You should check athttp://konakidkrafters.blogspot.com/ it's a kids challenge blog. You can enter his creations.
Thanks so much for the peek and sharing, hugs Marjo #23
how wonderful that you witnessed your little grandson's discovery about mixing colors! these pictures and story would make a great scrapbook page!
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